Why India should worry about a coepidemic of diabetes and tuberculosis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Burki, Talha ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; STRESS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; EPIDEMICS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INDIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84921803080     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h111     Document Type: Article

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